Sujet

Monstrance, c1450, (1881). Creator: Frederick Albert Slocombe.

Légende

Monstrance, c1450, (1881). Etching of a religious object, made in Italy in the mid 15th century. A monstrance or ostensorium is a liturgical vessel used in the Roman Catholic Church to display sacred items, namely the Eucharist (the consecrated bread or wafer), to the congregation. This example is copper-gilt and silver, of a hexagonal Gothic architectural form, the body pierced with tracery, surmounted by pinnacles and a cross. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F37_063

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,9Mo (2,0Mo) / 30,6cm x 51,5cm / 3612 x 6082 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italien religieux arts pays religion métal bronze livre boîte musée croix cuivre médiéval Christianisme dévotion croix Gothique boîtes endroit dorure siècle doré metalwork littérature objet façonné concept objet façonné hexagonal cercueil de dévotion 19e siècle B W Âges Moyens dix-neuvième siècle reliquaire The Print Collector etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A chasse V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston Frederick Albert Slocombe Slocombe Frederick Albert